Any story about kids managing to fend for themselves
Yes this!
I second Dana's rec for Robin McKinley. Very calm soothing.
My comfort reading is The Name of the Rose (it just is, I don't know why), any Lloyd Alexander, any Rosemary Sutcliffe.
Mal: Which one you figure tracked us? Zoe: The ugly one, sir. Mal: Could you be more specific?
'Out Of Gas'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Volans - Dec 06, 2020 9:41:53 am PST #26306 of 27942
move out and draw fire
-t - Dec 06, 2020 10:41:30 am PST #26307 of 27942
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Taking note of the Robin McKinley recs! I have somehow never read her
-t - Dec 06, 2020 12:06:30 pm PST #26308 of 27942
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I recently slipped sideways from my historical murder mysteries to historical romances by the same author and they are pretty good but the conflict is always about how society is keeping these lovers apart and also generally sucks in various systemic ways and that is not soothing at all, even with a specific resolution for this particular couple
Dana - Dec 06, 2020 1:15:00 pm PST #26309 of 27942
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Taking note of the Robin McKinley recs! I have somehow never read her
Ooh! Spindle's End and The Blue Sword are my favorites.
-t - Dec 06, 2020 1:58:03 pm PST #26310 of 27942
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thanks!
-t - Dec 06, 2020 5:34:34 pm PST #26311 of 27942
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I just discovered (or put together, I fl like I might have been told this before but didn’t retain it) that the Selena Montgomery romances that have shown up in my recommendations are Stacey Abram’s pen name, so my interest is piqued!
Consuela - Dec 06, 2020 7:40:16 pm PST #26312 of 27942
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Early Robin McKinley is great! But Deerskin is very traumatizing. I find her later work self-involved and unrewarding, but maybe that's just me. Still, strong recommendations for Beauty, The Blue Sword (despite more than a hint of Orientalism/colonialism), Hero and the Crown, and Outlaws of Sherwood.
Dana - Dec 06, 2020 8:11:29 pm PST #26313 of 27942
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Oh, I forgot Outlaws of Sherwood.
Deerskin is good but yeah, there are some serious content warnings. I haven't read anything later than....Sunshine, I think. I like Chalice too.
Beverly - Dec 06, 2020 9:12:58 pm PST #26314 of 27942
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I love Door in the Hedge, too. It's retelling fairy tales, but Robin has a deft touch with it.
-t - Dec 06, 2020 9:16:38 pm PST #26315 of 27942
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I heart retold fairytales. RM showed up on my radar recently because of that but there were just so many books - having some specific refs from y’all is definitely going to help!